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Louise Whitfield Carnegie TVTHEN the door of a house opens, we instinctively look for a wel-™ come—for someone to bid us enter and be of good cheer. So, on lifting the cover of this book, we naturally wonder whose friendly face will greet us, and assure us of entertainment within— mirth without malice,—and happy recollections of the year drawing to a close. Because there seems to be a feeling of peace and good-will in all the four Schools, it is most fitting that the year-book of 1910-11 should show on its initial page the smiling face of our “Lady of Skibo.” Mrs. Andrew Carnegie has so graciously set us an example of the finer courtesies of life in dealing with “all sorts and conditions of men,” that we may well look to her, with pride, as our patroness. New York claims Louise Whitfield, afterwards Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, as a daughter of that city. It was there, in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Whitfield, that her early years were passed. Perhaps her very love of the country had its beginning in that charmingly quaint little green garden, Gramercy Park, where she played as a child. Although the Whitfield and Carnegie families were friends for many years, it was not until 1887 that Louise Whitfield and Andrew Carnegie were married. They then began that life, in two countries, which continues until now—and expresses their constant effort, in both their homes, to unite all English-speaking peoples in one harmonious bond. From the Isle of Wight they went to Dunfermline, and then Kilgraston was their home for a year. Later on Cluny Castle was leased and became their residence in Scotland until 1897, when Mr. Carnegie purchased the Skibo Estate. Since then, from May to November of each year, Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie and their daughter Margaret, have made Skibo their summer home. In all the arrangements and improvements of the Castle, the estate, and in the plans for the welfare of the village of Clashmore, on the Skibo estate—Mrs. Carnegie has shown her great executive ability and exquisite taste. Comfort and beauty everywhere ! It would indeed be difficult to enumerate all the ways in which Mrs. Carnegie has been successful as a daughter, a wife, a mother, a sister, a friend, a helper in need, a comforter in sorrow, and through it all a cheerful, inspiring, hopeful spirit. Countless tired souls have carried away a glow in their hearts from her friendly fireside, and can testify now that human kind- 6
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ness helped them over some of the rough places in life. As a home-maker she is pre-eminently successful, and comfort and happiness are in all her surroundings. Mrs. Carnegie has so completely identified herself with her husband’s interests and duties, that it is hard to write of her apart from him and them. As an appreciation of this devotion, as well as in recognition of her own excellence as a woman, Mr. Carnegie’s native town, Dunfermline, in 1907, conferred upon her its highest civic tribute—that of honorary burgess-ship. This honor has never been conferred by the town on any other woman—and Dunfermline is over eight hundred years old! With every opportunity for choosing whatever pleases her in life, Mrs. Carnegie sets us the example of choosing the things of character and intellect—simplicity, truth, naturalness. Whether among the tenants of Clashmore or in the complex society of cities—in the world or in her own quiet home—always and ever the same lofty, gracious, simple, modest, truthful spirit is maintained. And so, the encouraging face on the dedicated page of our year-book today seems to bring 11s this message: ‘‘Thou must be true thyself, if thou the truth would’st teach; Thy soul must overflow, if thou another’s soul would’st reach; It needs the overflow of heart, to give the lips full speech. Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world’s famine feed; Speak truly, and each word of thine shall be a fruitful seed; Live truly, and thy life shall be a great and noble creed.”
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